MELBOURNE AS IT WAS IN 1837, FROM THE EMERALD HILL SIDE NEAR THE FALLS, 1873
H.L. VAN DEN HOUTEN
oil on canvas
68.0 x 90.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: H L Van den Houten / 1873.
signed and inscribed with title on artist’s label verso: Melbourne as it was in / 1837 from the / Emerald Hill side near the / Falls / Price 5 gns / by H. L. Van den Houten
signed on frame verso: Van den Houten
Private collection
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 2 November 1977, lot 152
Corporate collection, Sydney
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876, preview exhibition at Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition, 2 September – 16 November 1875, Melbourne Public Library, Melbourne, cat. 3237 (as ‘Melbourne as it was in 1837’)
Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 - 81, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1 October 1880 - 30 April 1881, Victorian Section, cat. 126 (as ' Melbourne in 1837')